William John Napier, ninth Lord Napier

(1786-1834)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Napier, William John, Baron Napier and Ettrick, 1786-1834 NRA: Napier William John (1786-1834) 9th Baron Napier DNB: Napier, William John, ninth Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1786–1834), naval officer and trade envoy LBT ID: LdNapie9 VIAF ID: 54954851 LOC ID: nr95011260	B/BAP: 1786-10-13 DIED: 1834-10-11
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British naval officer, son of the eighth baron (d. 1823); he served a a midshipman at Trafalgar, a lieutenant under Admiral Cochrane, and in 1833 was appointed the first Chief Superintendent of Trade at Canton.
REFERENCES TO William John Napier, ninth Lord Napier: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1823 Found 1: ¶ n1